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RSS feeds for ENGINEERING.com 60http://www.engineering.com/DesignerEdge/DesignerEdgeArticles/ArticleID/10495/Google-Cardboard-Turns-One-Year-Old-Launches-Expeditions-and-Jump.aspx#Comments0http://www.engineering.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=6067&ModuleID=429&ArticleID=10495Google Cardboard Turns One Year Old, Launches Expeditions and Jumphttp://www.engineering.com/DesignerEdge/DesignerEdgeArticles/ArticleID/10495/Google-Cardboard-Turns-One-Year-Old-Launches-Expeditions-and-Jump.aspx
Clay Bavor showed Google Cardboard&rsquo;s progress after one year at the IO 2015 conference for developers. The idea behind Cardboard was worldwide access to virtual reality. Using a piece of folded cardboard, some lenses, and a rubber band a smartphone can be transformed into a VR viewer. Hundreds of apps now reside on the Play store compatible with Cardboard, and more than one million cardboard viewers exist in the world.
The 2015 design fits screens up to six inches, because &ldquo;phones...Tom SpendloveFri, 31 Jul 2015 17:11:00 GMTf1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:10495http://www.engineering.com/DesignerEdge/DesignerEdgeArticles/ArticleID/10491/Wearable-Tech-Improves-Comfort-by-Influencing-Perceived-Body-Temperature.aspx#Comments0http://www.engineering.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=6067&ModuleID=429&ArticleID=10491Wearable Tech Improves Comfort by Influencing Perceived Body Temperaturehttp://www.engineering.com/DesignerEdge/DesignerEdgeArticles/ArticleID/10491/Wearable-Tech-Improves-Comfort-by-Influencing-Perceived-Body-Temperature.aspx
There&rsquo;s been a growing trend lately for wearable tech and the Wristify bracelet may be counted among its pioneers. This gadget won&rsquo;t help you monitor anything, but will help you regulate your body temperature in response to your environment.
Developed by four MIT engineering students who later founded Cambridge Mass.-based Embr Labs, the bracelet can cool or heat the skin around the wearer&rsquo;s wrist, similar to how one would dip their feet in water to cool down on a hot summer&r...Kagan PittmanThu, 30 Jul 2015 19:30:00 GMTf1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:10491http://www.engineering.com/DesignerEdge/DesignerEdgeArticles/ArticleID/10489/Controlling-Someone-Elses-Arm-With-Your-Brain.aspx#Comments0http://www.engineering.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=6067&ModuleID=429&ArticleID=10489Controlling Someone Else's Arm With Your Brainhttp://www.engineering.com/DesignerEdge/DesignerEdgeArticles/ArticleID/10489/Controlling-Someone-Elses-Arm-With-Your-Brain.aspx
Greg Gage wants everyone to have the ability to study the brain and neurosciences. His frustration stems from the fact that statistically one out of five people will have a brain disorder at some point in their lives, but very few people understand the brain.
&ldquo;How to control someone else&rsquo;s arm with your brain&rdquo; is Gage&rsquo;s TED talk, discussing the maker attitude he brings to neuroscience equipment and demonstrating some of his work. An estimated eighty billion neurons ar...Tom SpendloveThu, 30 Jul 2015 18:13:00 GMTf1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:10489http://www.engineering.com/DesignerEdge/DesignerEdgeArticles/ArticleID/10480/SALt--This-Lamp-Runs-on-Salt-Water-and-Electrochemistry.aspx#Comments0http://www.engineering.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=6067&ModuleID=429&ArticleID=10480SALt - This Lamp Runs on Salt Water and Electrochemistryhttp://www.engineering.com/DesignerEdge/DesignerEdgeArticles/ArticleID/10480/SALt--This-Lamp-Runs-on-Salt-Water-and-Electrochemistry.aspx
Aisa and Raphael Mijeno are engineers working to minimize carbon footprints in the Philippines. Aisa worked for Greenpeace Philippines and noticed that many rural homes had no access to electricity and used fuel for lighting their lamps. Obtaining kerosene is expensive and labor intensive when the nearest town is 30 kilometers away.
IdeaSpace - Salt-Water Powered Lamp from Aisa Mijeno on Vimeo.
Mijeno found that the act of using kerosene to fill the lamps was a tradition in itself, and that...Tom SpendloveTue, 28 Jul 2015 17:56:00 GMTf1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:10480http://www.engineering.com/DesignerEdge/DesignerEdgeArticles/ArticleID/10473/Robot-Displays-Self-Awareness-in-Logic-Puzzle.aspx#Comments0http://www.engineering.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=6067&ModuleID=429&ArticleID=10473Robot Displays Self-Awareness in Logic Puzzlehttp://www.engineering.com/DesignerEdge/DesignerEdgeArticles/ArticleID/10473/Robot-Displays-Self-Awareness-in-Logic-Puzzle.aspx
Some people thought it could never be done, but it&rsquo;s official. Robots have achieved a form of basic self-awareness.
Researchers at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute AI and Reasoning Lab lined up a trio of Nao robots, programmed with a proprietary algorithm, to play the King&rsquo;s Wise Men inductive logic puzzle.
Here is the puzzle&rsquo;s scenario: A King invites three wise men to his court and has hats placed on each of them. The wise men can see the color of the other men&rsquo;...Kagan PittmanMon, 27 Jul 2015 19:39:00 GMTf1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:10473http://www.engineering.com/DesignerEdge/DesignerEdgeArticles/ArticleID/10468/More-Hospitals-to-Adopt-Robot-Assistants.aspx#Comments0http://www.engineering.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=6067&ModuleID=429&ArticleID=10468More Hospitals to Adopt Robot Assistantshttp://www.engineering.com/DesignerEdge/DesignerEdgeArticles/ArticleID/10468/More-Hospitals-to-Adopt-Robot-Assistants.aspx
A HOSPI medical assistant robot.
There&rsquo;s no shortage of sci-fi films depicting robots working alongside humans in hospital settings. Japan, unsurprisingly, was the first to make that fantasy a reality, showcasing Panasonic&rsquo;s HOSPI robots in 2010.
The drug delivery robots can deliver up to 20kg of goods, usually medicine, medical specimens and case files, across six configurable trays.
The 4.5ft autonomous bots weigh approximately 170kg with their lead-acid battery, which can las...Kagan PittmanFri, 24 Jul 2015 20:48:00 GMTf1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:10468http://www.engineering.com/DesignerEdge/DesignerEdgeArticles/ArticleID/10466/New-Tech-to-Cool-Hot-Jets.aspx#Comments0http://www.engineering.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=6067&ModuleID=429&ArticleID=10466New Tech to Cool Hot Jetshttp://www.engineering.com/DesignerEdge/DesignerEdgeArticles/ArticleID/10466/New-Tech-to-Cool-Hot-Jets.aspx
Source: Purdue
Can aircraft fuel be used to cool hot engine components? According to an engineer with Purdue University, the answer is yes.
Air from an engine&rsquo;s compressor typically cools hot engine components. However, a key issue with this system is that it doesn&rsquo;t work well in high-performance engines, says mechanical engineering professor Issam Mudawara.
"Cooling an engine with air from the aircraft's compressor is not viable for high-performance engines since t...Ilan MesterFri, 24 Jul 2015 19:14:00 GMTf1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:10466http://www.engineering.com/DesignerEdge/DesignerEdgeArticles/ArticleID/10463/Wi-Fi-Reflector-Chip-Drastically-Boosts-Speed-of-Wearables.aspx#Comments0http://www.engineering.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=6067&ModuleID=429&ArticleID=10463Wi-Fi Reflector Chip Drastically Boosts Speed of Wearables http://www.engineering.com/DesignerEdge/DesignerEdgeArticles/ArticleID/10463/Wi-Fi-Reflector-Chip-Drastically-Boosts-Speed-of-Wearables.aspx
Source: JPL
Now that smart watches are starting to pick up steam, the race to develop high-speed wearables with long-lasting batteries is on. Researchers at NASA&rsquo;s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPA) are trying to accomplish just that.
JPA&rsquo;s Adrian Tang and Frank Chang of the University of California, Los Angeles, are collaborating on microchips for wearable devices that swap regular transmitters and receivers for ones that reflect wireless signals.
"The idea is if the wear...Ilan MesterFri, 24 Jul 2015 12:51:00 GMTf1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:10463http://www.engineering.com/DesignerEdge/DesignerEdgeArticles/ArticleID/10462/Snotbots-Drones-Designed-to-Collect-Data-from-Whale-Spouts.aspx#Comments0http://www.engineering.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=6067&ModuleID=429&ArticleID=10462Snotbots — Drones Designed to Collect Data from Whale Spoutshttp://www.engineering.com/DesignerEdge/DesignerEdgeArticles/ArticleID/10462/Snotbots-Drones-Designed-to-Collect-Data-from-Whale-Spouts.aspx
The Ocean Alliance, partnered with the Olin College of Engineering, has developed a new method to get lung lining samples from whales. Lung lining samples tell researchers what toxins are present in the whale, show virus and bacteria loads, and give each specific whale's DNA.
Previous sampling methods required scientists to chase down the whales and shoot them with crossbow darts. Whales are very sensitive to noise and the large loud boats elevated the whales' stress level, possibly skewing ...Tom SpendloveFri, 24 Jul 2015 12:20:00 GMTf1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:10462http://www.engineering.com/DesignerEdge/DesignerEdgeArticles/ArticleID/10458/Can-Nanoparticles-be-a-Solution-to-Environmental-Pollutants.aspx#Comments0http://www.engineering.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=6067&ModuleID=429&ArticleID=10458Can Nanoparticles be a Solution to Environmental Pollutants?http://www.engineering.com/DesignerEdge/DesignerEdgeArticles/ArticleID/10458/Can-Nanoparticles-be-a-Solution-to-Environmental-Pollutants.aspx
Researchers from MIT and the Federal University of Goi&aacute;s (FUG?) recently discovered how to use nanoparticles and ultraviolet (UV) light to extract pollutants, like pesticides and endocrine disruptors, from soil and water.
The discovery was a happy accident that spun out of cancer research. The goal was to develop nanoparticles that could be used to deliver drugs to cancer cells. Ferdinand Brandl of MIT had synthesized a polymers that could carry the medication and be cut by UV light to ...Kagan PittmanThu, 23 Jul 2015 19:38:00 GMTf1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:10458http://www.engineering.com/DesignerEdge/DesignerEdgeArticles/ArticleID/10454/Sandroller--A-Wheelchair-for-the-Beach.aspx#Comments0http://www.engineering.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=6067&ModuleID=429&ArticleID=10454Sandroller - A Wheelchair for the Beachhttp://www.engineering.com/DesignerEdge/DesignerEdgeArticles/ArticleID/10454/Sandroller--A-Wheelchair-for-the-Beach.aspx
Cesar Cebrian was a lifeguard in Valenica, Spain at an accessible beach. He noticed that wheelchair users were limited to a few platforms and not able to swim on their own. Transferring a rider from a conventional wheelchair to an amphibious wheelchair was difficult, and the user needed a person behind them pushing the wheelchair to move. His solution was SandRoller, a wheelchair that the user can independently roll on a beach. The chair started as a school project at Universidad Politechnica of...Tom SpendloveThu, 23 Jul 2015 12:37:00 GMTf1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:10454http://www.engineering.com/DesignerEdge/DesignerEdgeArticles/ArticleID/10450/Researchers-Mimic-Lizard-Skin-for-Engineering-Applications.aspx#Comments0http://www.engineering.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=6067&ModuleID=429&ArticleID=10450Researchers Mimic Lizard Skin for Engineering Applicationshttp://www.engineering.com/DesignerEdge/DesignerEdgeArticles/ArticleID/10450/Researchers-Mimic-Lizard-Skin-for-Engineering-Applications.aspx
Texas horned lizard (Iguanidae: Phrynosoma cornutum)
The Texas horned lizard (Iguanidae: Phrynosoma cornutum) is the center of attention lately as researchers try to find engineering applications for its skin.
The lizard&rsquo;s peculiar scales can collect water from nearly anywhere. Its skin gathers rainwater or moisture from sand and transports it toward the creature&rsquo;s mouth via a capillary system between its scales.
The German-Austrian team behind the research has already develope...Kagan PittmanWed, 22 Jul 2015 20:48:00 GMTf1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:10450http://www.engineering.com/DesignerEdge/DesignerEdgeArticles/ArticleID/10446/Mcity-Opens-as-Test-Environment-for-Connected-and-Automated-Vehicles.aspx#Comments0http://www.engineering.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=6067&ModuleID=429&ArticleID=10446Mcity Opens as Test Environment for Connected and Automated Vehicleshttp://www.engineering.com/DesignerEdge/DesignerEdgeArticles/ArticleID/10446/Mcity-Opens-as-Test-Environment-for-Connected-and-Automated-Vehicles.aspx
The Mobility Transformation Center opened this week at the University of Michigan. The goal of this test environment is to further research in automated and connected vehicles. Automakers, suppliers, government agencies and safety representatives are all partnering with the university to test new vehicles and features.
Peter Sweatman is the director of the center of the facility and hopes that the controlled, safe environment will allow vehicles to be tested efficiently and safety. Michigan i...Tom SpendloveWed, 22 Jul 2015 11:46:00 GMTf1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:10446http://www.engineering.com/DesignerEdge/DesignerEdgeArticles/ArticleID/10441/HowLoud--Mapping-Noise-Levels-with-Math-Models.aspx#Comments0http://www.engineering.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=6067&ModuleID=429&ArticleID=10441HowLoud - Mapping Noise Levels with Math Modelshttp://www.engineering.com/DesignerEdge/DesignerEdgeArticles/ArticleID/10441/HowLoud--Mapping-Noise-Levels-with-Math-Models.aspx
Brendan Farrell and his team at HowLoud want to make sound a part of big data. After building a map of the sound levels around Los Angeles and Orange County the company is running a Kickstarter campaign to fund a soundmap of the entire continent.
HowLoud takes an innovative approach to developing their noise studies by using data to generate more data. Traditional companies use tens of thousands of microphones to generate noise studies. HowLoud builds a three dimensional model of a city and ...Tom SpendloveTue, 21 Jul 2015 10:35:00 GMTf1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:10441http://www.engineering.com/DesignerEdge/DesignerEdgeArticles/ArticleID/10439/Engineering-Students-and-Street-Luge-Champion-to-Break-100mph-with-No-Motor.aspx#Comments0http://www.engineering.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=6067&ModuleID=429&ArticleID=10439Engineering Students and Street Luge Champion to Break 100mph with No Motorhttp://www.engineering.com/DesignerEdge/DesignerEdgeArticles/ArticleID/10439/Engineering-Students-and-Street-Luge-Champion-to-Break-100mph-with-No-Motor.aspx
Professional street lugers race down a track.
A sports enthusiast clad in leather and protective gear, lying on his or her back on a sled akin to a skateboard, rocketing down hillside streets: This is street luging. The current speed record of 97.8 mph is held by Cedric Touchette, a Canadian luger.
David Dean, an Ohio State University (OSU) alumnus and two-time street luger champion, is teaming up with OSU engineering grads to topple this record. The group plans on creating a unique sled for...Kagan PittmanMon, 20 Jul 2015 20:24:00 GMTf1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:10439http://www.engineering.com/DesignerEdge/DesignerEdgeArticles/ArticleID/10432/Could-Robots-One-Day-Beat-Humans-in-a-Game-of-Soccer.aspx#Comments0http://www.engineering.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=6067&ModuleID=429&ArticleID=10432Could Robots One Day Beat Humans in a Game of Soccer?http://www.engineering.com/DesignerEdge/DesignerEdgeArticles/ArticleID/10432/Could-Robots-One-Day-Beat-Humans-in-a-Game-of-Soccer.aspx
The FIFA World Cup, founded in 1930, has been one of the most popular sporting events in the world, pitching national teams against one another in sometimes epic and occasionally embarrassing clashes. In June of 1993, a group of Japanese researchers founded the Robot J-League (in reference to the Japanese Professional soccer league), to promote science and technology through the game of soccer.
The Robot J-League was later renamed the Robot World Cup Initiative, or RoboCup for short. The first ...Kagan PittmanFri, 17 Jul 2015 18:34:00 GMTf1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:10432http://www.engineering.com/DesignerEdge/DesignerEdgeArticles/ArticleID/10429/New-Crowdsourcing-Platform-Targets-Operations-Side-of-Engineering.aspx#Comments0http://www.engineering.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=6067&ModuleID=429&ArticleID=10429New Crowdsourcing Platform Targets Operations Side of Engineering http://www.engineering.com/DesignerEdge/DesignerEdgeArticles/ArticleID/10429/New-Crowdsourcing-Platform-Targets-Operations-Side-of-Engineering.aspx
Source: Ennomotive
Crowdsourcing platforms are a dime a dozen, but one such website is doing something a little different. Meet Spain-based Ennomotive, a crowdsourcing startup that targets a specific sector within a specific industry: engineering operations.
&ldquo;There are obviously other crowdsourcing players in the market,&rdquo; admits Ennomotive CEO Enrique Ramirez. &ldquo;I think we are the first crowdsourcing player for engineering operations &ndash; not for product design, n...Ilan MesterFri, 17 Jul 2015 11:10:00 GMTf1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:10429http://www.engineering.com/DesignerEdge/DesignerEdgeArticles/ArticleID/10426/How-Mobile-Factories-are-Building-Homes-from-Rubble.aspx#Comments0http://www.engineering.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=6067&ModuleID=429&ArticleID=10426How Mobile Factories are Building Homes from Rubblehttp://www.engineering.com/DesignerEdge/DesignerEdgeArticles/ArticleID/10426/How-Mobile-Factories-are-Building-Homes-from-Rubble.aspx
Dutch-made &ldquo;Mobile Factories,&rdquo; the size of two shipping containers, are turning rubble left behind from wars, natural disasters and urban development into earthquake-resistant building materials. The recycling process not only builds homes, but solves a pollution issue, putting rubble to use.
In an effort to rebuild homes and hospitals, a single Mobile Factory processes rubble, turning it into liquid concrete. Rubble is sorted and separated to allow concrete to pass through a crushi...Kagan PittmanThu, 16 Jul 2015 17:54:00 GMTf1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:10426http://www.engineering.com/DesignerEdge/DesignerEdgeArticles/ArticleID/10425/Matternet-Testing-Mail-Delivery-in-Switzerland.aspx#Comments0http://www.engineering.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=6067&ModuleID=429&ArticleID=10425Matternet Testing Mail Delivery in Switzerlandhttp://www.engineering.com/DesignerEdge/DesignerEdgeArticles/ArticleID/10425/Matternet-Testing-Mail-Delivery-in-Switzerland.aspx
Matternet is testing drone delivery systems with the Swiss postal service as part of the company&rsquo;s initiative to develop smart transportation systems. We&rsquo;ve written before about Matternet&rsquo;s vision of a network of drones that can be used for good but the project is now out of the idea stage and moving into testing.
(video courtesy Swiss Broadcasting Corporation)
Matternet ONE is the first drone designed for transporting goods. On one battery charge the drones can deliver one...Tom SpendloveThu, 16 Jul 2015 15:29:00 GMTf1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:10425http://www.engineering.com/DesignerEdge/DesignerEdgeArticles/ArticleID/10414/Can-Engineers-Program-Bacteria.aspx#Comments0http://www.engineering.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=6067&ModuleID=429&ArticleID=10414Can Engineers Program Bacteria? http://www.engineering.com/DesignerEdge/DesignerEdgeArticles/ArticleID/10414/Can-Engineers-Program-Bacteria.aspx
Source: MIT
Imagine being able to program the &ldquo;friendly&rdquo; bacteria in our bodies to detect and potentially treat life-threatening diseases such as colon cancer. An engineering team at MIT is working towards this goal.
The group recently published a paper in the journal Cell Systems. In it, researchers explain how a series of sensors, circuits and memory switches could be encoded in the bacterium Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron, commonly found in the human gut.
According to t...Ilan MesterTue, 14 Jul 2015 19:36:00 GMTf1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:10414http://www.engineering.com/DesignerEdge/DesignerEdgeArticles/ArticleID/10413/Plastic-Robot-to-Revolutionize-MRI-Surgeries.aspx#Comments0http://www.engineering.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=6067&ModuleID=429&ArticleID=10413Plastic Robot to Revolutionize MRI Surgerieshttp://www.engineering.com/DesignerEdge/DesignerEdgeArticles/ArticleID/10413/Plastic-Robot-to-Revolutionize-MRI-Surgeries.aspx
Inside an MRI scanner, a plastic and ceramic robot works on a prostate. Image courtesy Gregory Fischer/WPI.
The cramped, limited space inside MRI machines terrifies claustrophobes and prevents doctors from performing surgeries that require MRI scanning to find lesions. However, there may now be a solution to these problems with the advent of a non-metal surgical robot.
Metal objects as simple as a dime become deadly around an MRI machine, due to its intense magnetism. Built of plastic parts ...Kagan PittmanTue, 14 Jul 2015 19:15:00 GMTf1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:10413http://www.engineering.com/DesignerEdge/DesignerEdgeArticles/ArticleID/10409/DrinkMate--The-Worlds-Smallest-Breathalyzer.aspx#Comments0http://www.engineering.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=6067&ModuleID=429&ArticleID=10409DrinkMate - The World's Smallest Breathalyzerhttp://www.engineering.com/DesignerEdge/DesignerEdgeArticles/ArticleID/10409/DrinkMate--The-Worlds-Smallest-Breathalyzer.aspx
Shaun Masavage wanted a device to help people make better decisions after drinking. 2014 saw a successful Kickstarter campaign for his DrinkMate product for Android and a new funding round is currently running for the iPhone version.
DrinkMate is billed as the smallest breathalyzer in the world, and fits in an iPhone's lightning port to take a blood alcohol content reading. The user blows into the device instead of putting their mouth around a tube, allowing the DrinkMate to be shared betwee...Tom SpendloveTue, 14 Jul 2015 10:20:00 GMTf1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:10409http://www.engineering.com/DesignerEdge/DesignerEdgeArticles/ArticleID/10406/IBM-Research-Unveils-Test-Device-for-Next-Gen-Computer-Chips.aspx#Comments0http://www.engineering.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=6067&ModuleID=429&ArticleID=10406IBM Research Unveils Test Device for Next-Gen Computer Chipshttp://www.engineering.com/DesignerEdge/DesignerEdgeArticles/ArticleID/10406/IBM-Research-Unveils-Test-Device-for-Next-Gen-Computer-Chips.aspx
Dr. Michael Liehr (left) of SUNY Poly CNSE and Bala Haran (right) of IBM Research inspect a wafer comprised of 7nm (nanometer) node test chips in a clean room in Albany, NY.&nbsp;Source: IBM
Semiconductor researchers have produced the industry&rsquo;s first 7 nm node test chip with functioning transistors. This first step into the next generation of computer chips could eventually put more than 20 billion transistors onto an integrated circuit the size of your fingernail.
The leap forward ...Robin YeeMon, 13 Jul 2015 18:36:00 GMTf1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:10406http://www.engineering.com/DesignerEdge/DesignerEdgeArticles/ArticleID/10405/NASA-announces-First-Commercial-Crew-Weeks-after-SpaceX-Failure.aspx#Comments0http://www.engineering.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=6067&ModuleID=429&ArticleID=10405NASA announces First Commercial Crew Weeks after SpaceX Failurehttp://www.engineering.com/DesignerEdge/DesignerEdgeArticles/ArticleID/10405/NASA-announces-First-Commercial-Crew-Weeks-after-SpaceX-Failure.aspx
NASA Full Speed Ahead on Commercial Crew Program
Days after the loss of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, NASA selects a team of four astronauts to train and prepare for commercial spaceflights. The aim of this commercial crew program is to bring the launching of NASA&rsquo;s manned missions back to an American soil through the partnerships of U.S based industry.
&ldquo;I am pleased to announce four American space pioneers have been selected to be the first astronauts to train to fly to space ...Shawn WassermanMon, 13 Jul 2015 16:12:00 GMTf1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:10405http://www.engineering.com/DesignerEdge/DesignerEdgeArticles/ArticleID/10400/New-Electric-Vehicle-Charging-System-Could-be-Installed-in-Home-Garages.aspx#Comments0http://www.engineering.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=6067&ModuleID=429&ArticleID=10400New Electric Vehicle Charging System Could be Installed in Home Garageshttp://www.engineering.com/DesignerEdge/DesignerEdgeArticles/ArticleID/10400/New-Electric-Vehicle-Charging-System-Could-be-Installed-in-Home-Garages.aspx
Imagine a future where electric vehicles are the norm. Drivers are returning home, parking in their garages and their cars recharge wirelessly overnight &ndash; thanks to a panel located on the garage floor hooked up to the home electrical system.
This could be the future as Hyundai-Kia America Technical Center (HATCI) and Mojo Mobility, a wireless power company, have been funded by the U.S. Department of Energy&rsquo;s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Vehicle Technologi...Kagan PittmanFri, 10 Jul 2015 21:17:00 GMTf1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:10400